Reviews tagging 'Death'

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

124 reviews

bardspeak's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.5

It got a little gross for me halfway through. Also I find some of the actions of past humans morally awful. But it was a good informative book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Gore

Moderate: Violence, Cannibalism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, and Excrement

Minor: Racism

It's a lot but often in a lighthearted or at least neutral/informative way.

christynhoover's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Not for the squeamish!! At one point I thought I might not finish it, it was so ghoulish at many places. But the author's dry humor helped me see it through to the final chapter where she confesses what she has chosen for her OWN cadaver.

Overall it was often thoughtful, often humorously irreverent, always a treasure trove for the curious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, and Cannibalism

It really gets into the nitty-gritty about the myriad possible uses and dispositions of dead humans. As the author did research for the book, she came up with lines of inquiry that never would have occurred to me! Being a hale 69 year old woman reading this book, I found it distressing at times and ghoulish. But I'd rather age with my eyes open and to have considered the many points she makes than to have remained ignorant about this subject.

yetilibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad slow-paced

2.5

I needed to read a book on a subject I knew nothing about. Cue Mary Roach's book about cadavers! The good: I did learn a lot about cadavers, and about science done with cadavers. The bad: sometimes there was an ick factor, and about half the time, the "ick" factor was an ethical one, rather than a body-horror one. The "more bad": there are a lot more animals in here than I was expecting, and a lot of those animals are ... not cadavers. Honestly, I wish I had picked a different book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Gore

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder

vivian_lee's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

sierrakilocharlie's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism and Car accident

kingsteph's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Medical content

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Death, and Child death

rachael_jo's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Medical content

mjadeh's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

illustrativemisfit's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

christinaoperez's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death